I want to lose fat and build muscle, get in shape, look hot and become an all round badass. What should I do?
1. Exercise.
2. Eat well. (see below)
3. Drink lots of water. (1.5-3L a day or more.)
4. Get lots of sleep. (7-9 hours.)

I only weigh 100 lbs. and I want to get to huge and ripped.
1. Follow one of the programs in "Okay so what program should I follow?"
2. Eat LOTS of food and make you get at least 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight.
3. Get plenty of sleep.
4. Eat a slow digesting protein before bed such as casein protein, milk, cottage cheese, eggs or peanut butter.
5. When all else fails go GOMAD. (gallon of milk a day)

I want to get toned/get a six pack. How can I do that?
Doing endless crunches will NOT give you a six pack. To get "toned" you need to build muscle and lose fat. A muscle cannot get "toned." It can either hypertrophy (get bigger) or atrophy (get smaller). When it gets bigger it becomes firmer. This gives you more of the ďtonedĒ look. However, you will ONLY get this look when your bodyfat percentage is low enough to see it. So the solution? Follow one of the programs above and get your diet in order.

Iím sore after my first workout. Should I workout again?
Yes. Youíre sore because your body isnít used to exercise yet. It will go away after a few workouts. Make sure when you do resistance training to give yourself 1-2 rest days between sessions.

What do you guys think about P90X?
Most of the regulars here arenít huge fans and would recommend a different program instead. However, some of us have had good experience with it. P90X is not good for size or strength but it is good for fat loss.

I have some issues with that article, especially "4) Dairy, soy, wheat, sugar, white flour and legumes are inflammatory. Get rid of them. (Legumes are the least offensive and can be eaten occasionally, however, if you can tolerate them.)". Why the hate?

I would recommend doing CrossFit if you don't 'need' to get huge but want to lose fat, tone up, get FIT, and do everything your friends can't do like muscle ups.

CrossFit isn't like a regular workout where you can bulk up and get huge. It makes you fit, like the epitome of fitness. One of the workouts, I forget the name (you hardly EVER do the same workout twice) but these exercises are with no rests between to maximize cardio effects, and this was run a mile, do 100 push ups, 200 pull ups, 300 bodyweight (air) squats and then run another mile all with your body armor on.

The military doesn't use it as its fitness program, which is unfortunate, but they definitely want their troops doing this because of how well it increases your maneuverability, functional strength (not gym strength), heart health, recovery time, speed, and I'm sure many more things.

It's a different brand of fitness altogether. I've seen huge shredded guys come into the CrossFit gym to see what we're about and do a workout with us and NONE can keep up. And there's a saying about it; "We do your stuff nearly as well as you do, you can't do ours very well at all, and we do everything that we both don't do much better than you can. Not very humble, I know, but true."

CrossFit isn't like a regular workout where you can bulk up and get huge. It makes you fit, like the epitome of fitness. One of the workouts, I forget the name (you hardly EVER do the same workout twice) but these exercises are with no rests between to maximize cardio effects, and this was run a mile, do 100 push ups, 200 pull ups, 300 bodyweight (air) squats and then run another mile all with your body armor on.

The military doesn't use it as its fitness program, which is unfortunate, but they definitely want their troops doing this because of how well it increases your maneuverability, functional strength (not gym strength), heart health, recovery time, speed, and I'm sure many more things.

It's a different brand of fitness altogether. I've seen huge shredded guys come into the CrossFit gym to see what we're about and do a workout with us and NONE can keep up. And there's a saying about it; "We do your stuff nearly as well as you do, you can't do ours very well at all, and we do everything that we both don't do much better than you can. Not very humble, I know, but true."

Definitely worth checking out IMO.

Lots of units already embrace Crossfit principles and encourage the workout ethic. I don't think it should go beyond the unit level. I hate when the Army tries to tell me how to work out.

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Casein is a slow digesting protein and it can be found in dairy products like milk and cottage cheese

EDIT: I remember when I first started running and working and taking my fitness series I would workout before bed and eat a peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat, and it seemed to help me slim down alot, so I would recommend that.

Also, my guitar teacher is huge haha, he's incredibly buff, but he used to be incredibly fat, like over 300 pounds, but now even his thighs are ripped hah and his arms are completely defined, like they cut through his sleeves hah! Bu all of that is irrelevant to my post

We were talking about how I, at the time, was a vegetarian and we were talking about protein and I said I just eat alot of peanut butter, mostly aside from other nuts and soy products, but he said peanut butter isn't any good, because it's mostly fat, and even though it's healthy fat, the ratio of protein to fat isn't effective. Whats your alls take on this?

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